Reviewer:
billbarstad
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December 2, 2010
Subject:
Not So Good
What a shame that a poor soundtrack or perhaps it was soft talking and mumbling actors, and missing frames made dialog often unintelligible. I could still surmise what had gone on, more or less, but it nearly ruined what enjoyment I got from this mystery.
This is a US style British detective mystery. It has a spunky female reporter butting in, causing headaches, getting clues, and embarrassing the police with what she publishes. The solution was also typical of some US mysteries of the time, with the detective revealing crucial information he had already learned. There's a romantic angle between the reporter and the lead investigator that just doesn't work. The setup to trap the murderer was suspenseful.
I downloaded the 499MB AVI file. As noted, the audio was poor, but the video quality was good.